The Art of Fugue
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| - | '''Johann Sebastian Bach''' ([[21 March]] [[1685]] – [[28 July]] [[1750]]) was a prolific [[Germany|German]] [[composer]] and [[organ (music)|organist]] whose [[sacred]] and [[secular]] works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together the strands of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] technique, a control of harmonic and motivic organisation from the smallest to the largest scales, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France. | ||
| - | Revered for their intellectual depth and technical and artistic beauty, JS Bach's works include the ''[[Brandenburg concertos]]''; the ''[[Goldberg Variations]]''; the ''[[English Suites, BWV 806-811|English Suites]]'', ''[[French Suites, BWV 812-817|French Suites]]'', ''[[Partitas, BWV 825-830|Partitas]]'', and ''[[Well-Tempered Clavier]]''; the ''[[Mass in B Minor]]''; the ''[[Matthäuspassion|St Matthew Passion]]''; ''[[The Musical Offering]]''; ''[[The Art of Fugue]]''; the [[Sonatas and partitas for solo violin|Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo]]; the [[Cello Suites (Bach)|Cello Suites]]; more than 200 [[List of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach|cantatas]]; and a similar number of [[pipe organ|organ]] works. | + | '''''The Art of Fugue''''' (or '''''The Art of the Fugue'''''; {{lang-de|Die Kunst der Fuge|links=no}}), [[Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis|BWV]] 1080, is an [[incomplete work|incomplete musical work]] of unspecified instrumentation by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (1685–1750). Written in the last decade of his life, ''The Art of Fugue'' is the culmination of Bach's experimentation with monothematic instrumental works. |
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| + | This work consists of 14 [[fugue]]s and 4 [[Canon (music)|canons]] in [[D minor]], each using some [[Variation (music)|variation]] of a single principal [[Theme (music)|subject]], and generally ordered to increase in complexity. "The governing idea of the work", as put by Bach specialist [[Christoph Wolff]], "was an exploration in depth of the [[contrapuntal]] possibilities inherent in a single musical subject." The word "contrapunctus" is often used for each fugue. | ||
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| - | *[[Ich habe genug, BWV 82]] | + | *[[List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach]] |
| - | *[[The Art of Fugue]] | + | *[[List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach printed during his lifetime]] |
| + | *[[The Art of Fugue discography]] | ||
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The Art of Fugue (or The Art of the Fugue; Template:Lang-de), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Written in the last decade of his life, The Art of Fugue is the culmination of Bach's experimentation with monothematic instrumental works.
This work consists of 14 fugues and 4 canons in D minor, each using some variation of a single principal subject, and generally ordered to increase in complexity. "The governing idea of the work", as put by Bach specialist Christoph Wolff, "was an exploration in depth of the contrapuntal possibilities inherent in a single musical subject." The word "contrapunctus" is often used for each fugue.
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See also
- List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
- List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach printed during his lifetime
- The Art of Fugue discography
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